09/09/2026
A fantastic step forward for allergy awareness and safety in schools. Our supply team are already completing their Allergy Awareness Training, ensuring they're fully compliant and ready to support schools and pupils safely throughout the new academic year. 💙
WHAT. A. WEEK. 💛
Over one and a half MILLION people have just increased their knowledge of allergy.
Wow.
And before anything else, we want to say thank you.
To every teacher, headteacher, member of support staff, school nurse, catering team and everyone else who has worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks to make this happen.
The guidance was only published a couple of months ago. Schools have had an enormous amount to do in an incredibly short space of time — and the response we have seen this week has been amazing.
These photographs are just a tiny snapshot of the training that has been shared with us.
Even more powerful have been the hundreds of posts and messages from families who have walked through school doors this week and felt emotional, reassured and relieved to find plans in place, policies written, staff trained and conversations already happening.
Thank you for taking this seriously. Our whole community is so grateful.
Because just think about what 1.5 million people knowing more about allergy actually means.
Imagine what that means for our community. For all of us.
Imagine what it means for children growing up in schools where understanding allergy is simply part of what the adults around them know.
And imagine what it could mean in twenty years, when those children are the adults running our workplaces, hospitals, businesses and communities.
That is how you change a culture.
Of course there have been some teething problems. There are areas where greater clarity is needed, and some training will need to develop further to reach the quality and depth we want to see in the longer term.
This is the start. Things will keep getting better. There is more to do.
But my goodness — what a start.
What a week. 💛
